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St. Patrick’s Day is an Excellent Time for Supply Chains to Think Green

Enterra Insights

Patrick show him clothed in blue garments, not green, and that when George III created a new order of chivalry for the Kingdom of Ireland, the Order of St. Patrick’s Blue’ ”[1] Eventually, however, green became the unofficial color of the day thanks to shamrocks and the fact that Ireland is also known as the Emerald Isle.

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

Resilinc

Sidney has over three decades of global direct and indirect procurement and supplier management experience. As Head of Procurement at Harman International to VP of Global Supply Chain Management at Aptiv, we learned about this supply chain thought leader’s extensive experience in the world of supply chain and procurement.

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EU-UK supply chains roiled by surprise tariffs, red tape, delays

Resilinc

Turmoil points to need for robust mapping of supply chains, rigorous analyses of alternate sourcing strategies. But for supply chain managers, uncertainty over the final shape of the Brexit deal hasn’t been resolved—in fact, in the first weeks of 2021, new uncertainties and challenges have emerged. Contact us.

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Forced Labour and Exploitation in Supply Chains

Savant Events

In response, national governments, state and regional governments and the EU have legislated to hold organisations to account for exploitation in their operations and supply chains. Norway’s Transparency Act came into force in July 2022 and the first phase of Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act has been in force since 2023.

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A World in Flux: Global Supply Chain Predictions for 2021

ToolsGroup

In episode seven of Be Ready for Anything, industry insider Bob Ferrari discusses the pivotal factors affecting global supply chain revitalization in the coming year. Discover how to pinpoint your investments in supply chain management and regain your balance, even in a shifting marketplace. Take a listen!

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Eurozone Economy Now in Technical Recession

Supply Chain Matters

According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , sizable changes to data from Germany, Ireland and Finland prompted the revision. As Supply Chain Matters highlighted in late May, the German economy was declared in state of recession after first quarter GDP data was reported. All rights reserved.

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Airbus Weighs In on Potential Sprit AeroSystems Takeover

Supply Chain Matters

As Supply Chain Matters highlighted in our last update on the ongoing production quality crisis that has now surrounded Boeing , if the U.S. As Supply Chain Matters highlighted in our last update on the ongoing production quality crisis that has now surrounded Boeing , if the U.S. All rights reserved.